Details on Decoding Beale Cipher 2

[TruthbeTold]

Let’s say you have the gold in your hands. Who do you notify about the find first: the authorities of the State of Virginia, the U.S. federal government, the landowner in Bedford County, or a professional appraiser in Richmond?

That's an excuse that's commonly used here by folks who claimed they solved the fictional codes.

 

[Carl-NC]

Let’s say you have the gold in your hands. Who do you notify about the find first: the authorities of the State of Virginia, the U.S. federal government, the landowner in Bedford County, or a professional appraiser in Richmond?

Clearly, a lawyer.

 

[chalkoutline]

Your table is misaligned, so the meaning is lost...
Here is what you sent:
Reject the father's proposal to avoid cluttering the camp and keep an eye on the dead zone. Continue camouflage operations and descend to the ground around the specified date. Boldly detain xxxx; if there are no objections, position the weapon and immediately take measures at the production site.
-----184-30 ---222-728
The committee has finalized the plan and is ready to select a deployment site. Reject your father's proposal to avoid cluttering the camp, and continue covertly monitoring the dead zone until the specified date. Barring any objections, immediately detain Baker and deploy the artillery piece.
Adopt the charter and immediately begin producing military hardware. The camp commander is personally responsible for resolving any contract disputes and authorizing the issuance of supplies and rations. As a reward for completing the mission, the squad is guaranteed total pacification. Advance beyond the hills, secure your positions, and repel the enemy attack at all costs. Do not draw unnecessary attention to yourselves until the battalion receives the shipment.
You shouldn't skip the numbers—they’re important (just a tip). But why are there letters in your table? How did you manage to decipher it? Were you able to piece together the text from that table?

So how does this leads to solving the Beale mystery?

 

[Panda]

That's an excuse that's commonly used here by folks who claimed they solved the fictional codes.

That is the reality: everyone goes looking for gold, but—there is always a "but"—there is no single "right" answer when it comes to profitability. Under U.S. law, if a treasure is found on private land without the owner's consent, it belongs entirely to the landowner. If you declare the find to the government, taxes can take up to 50–60% (as personal income), yet concealing the treasure carries the risk of imprisonment.
Few people realize that this gold was meant for soldiers' pay; 3 tons of gold amounts to 357,995 coins (the weight of one gold guinea is 8.38 grams, of which 7.68 grams is pure gold)—worth roughly $240 million. For context, soldiers were supposed to be paid five coins each... there's no point going into further detail; it’s a long story. Back then, you understand, anyone with a letter like that wouldn't have lived long enough to face trial—and even today, if you found it, they’d quickly take it away from you.

 

[TruthbeTold]

That is the reality: everyone goes looking for gold, but—there is always a "but"—there is no single "right" answer when it comes to profitability. Under U.S. law, if a treasure is found on private land without the owner's consent, it belongs entirely to the landowner. If you declare the find to the government, taxes can take up to 50–60% (as personal income), yet concealing the treasure carries the risk of imprisonment.
Few people realize that this gold was meant for soldiers' pay; 3 tons of gold amounts to 357,995 coins (the weight of one gold guinea is 8.38 grams, of which 7.68 grams is pure gold)—worth roughly $240 million. For context, soldiers were supposed to be paid five coins each... there's no point going into further detail; it’s a long story. Back then, you understand, anyone with a letter like that wouldn't have lived long enough to face trial—and even today, if you found it, they’d quickly take it away from you.

Yep...when asked for proof all of the solvers always come up with a story.

 

[Panda]

Yep...when asked for proof all of the solvers always come up with a story.

Evidence? Cooking up a story? I’m no storyteller. This is a serious document; if it was truly encrypted in that way, it needs to be analyzed as a document, not forced to fit a pre-existing narrative. I suspect the story Beale told isn't exactly how things really happened—he simply couldn't reveal everything outright. Yet people today hear the word 'gold' and go looking for gold. I don't mind—go ahead and look. It’s just that they might be searching in the wrong place, or looking for something other than what is actually hidden in the document.

 

[Panda]

So how does this leads to solving the Beale mystery?

The number matters.

 

[Captain Donger Sullivan]

if you mean that one sentence with numbers is short and the other is long... so the meaning changes too.

What? I’m not sure what you’re on about Mr. Panda…but that’s probably the point.

 

[souce19]

That is the reality: everyone goes looking for gold, but—there is always a "but"—there is no single "right" answer when it comes to profitability. Under U.S. law, if a treasure is found on private land without the owner's consent, it belongs entirely to the landowner. If you declare the find to the government, taxes can take up to 50–60% (as personal income), yet concealing the treasure carries the risk of imprisonment.
Few people realize that this gold was meant for soldiers' pay; 3 tons of gold amounts to 357,995 coins (the weight of one gold guinea is 8.38 grams, of which 7.68 grams is pure gold)—worth roughly $240 million. For context, soldiers were supposed to be paid five coins each... there's no point going into further detail; it’s a long story. Back then, you understand, anyone with a letter like that wouldn't have lived long enough to face trial—and even today, if you found it, they’d quickly take it

I find it so interesting that we have, presumably, many Beale Treasure Hoax believers, and they all seemingly follow these threads very closely. It seems like the opposite thing someone would do for a 141 year old mystery and non believers.

 

[Captain Donger Sullivan]

There are a few schools of thought when it comes to the hoax theories. First and foremost, that the whole thing is a hoax; the story and the ciphers, created by James Ward in the 1880’s to sell the pamphlets. Another theory is that the ciphers and treasure are real but the story was embellished or was a cover for a, shall we say, more nefarious acquisition of wealth. Another theory is that the story is allegorical and the treasure is something to be found, but not in the physical sense… there are others, but these are the three I am most familiar with…and don’t ask me what I believe, because that changes every time I sit down with this thing.

 

[souce19]

I’m 70/30 believer vs hoax. I also believe in a blend of the 3 schools of thought you laid out. I believe it is an allegorical cover of a more nefarious act of wealth accumulation.